Regulations, 2004

L.N. 358 of 2004

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

The Infant Formulae and Follow-On Formulae (Amendment)

Regulations, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food Safety

Act, the Minister of Health, the Elderly and Community Care has made

the following regulations>

The title of these regulations is the Infant Formulae and Follow-

on Formulae (Amendment) Regulations, 2004, and they shall be read

and construed as one with the Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae

Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred to as ìthe principal regulationsî.

Pestiçidi li ma g[andhomx jintu]aw fi produzzjoni agrikola

inti]a g[all-produzzjoni ta’ ikel ipproçessat b’ba]i ta’

çerejali u ikel g[al trabi

L-Ewwel Tabella

Isem kimiku tas-sustanza (definizzjoni tar-re]idwu)

Disulfoton (somma ta’ disulfoton, disulfoton sulfoxide u disulfoton

sulfone espressi b[ala disulfoton)

Fensulfothion (somma ta’ fensulfothion, l-analogu tal-ossi!enu tieg[u

u s-sulfoni tag[hom, espressi b[ala fensulfothion)

Fentin, espressi b[ala katijon tat-triphenyltin

Haloxyfop (somma ta’ haloxyfop, l-imlie[ tieg[u u esteri inklu]i

kon;ugati, espressi b[ala haloxyfop)

Heptachlor u trans-heptachlor epoxide, espressi b[ala heptachlor

Hexachlorobenzene

Nitrofen

Omethoate

Terbufos (somma ta’ terbufos, is-sulfossidu tieg[u u sulfon, espressi

b[ala terbufos)

It-Tieni Tabella

Isem kimiku tas-sustanza

Aldrin u dieldrin, espressi b[ala dieldrin

Endrin”

These regulations implement the provisions of Commission

Directive 2003#14#EC of the European Community.

Immediately after sub-regulation (7) of regulation 6 of the

principal regulations, there shall be added the following sub-regulation

(8)>–

“6.8 (a) Those pesticides listed in the Ninth Schedule shall

not be used in agricultural products intended for the production of

infant formulae and follow-on formulae. However, for the purpose

of control>

(i) pesticides listed in Table 1 of the Ninth Schedule

are considered not to have been used if their residues do not

exceed a level of 0.003 mg#kg<

(ii) pesticides listed in Table 2 of the Ninth Schedule

are considered not to have been used if their residues do not

exceed a level of 0.003 mg#kg.

(b) For the pesticides listed in the Tenth Schedule, the

maximum residue levels specified therein shall apply.

The levels referred to in (a) and (b) above shall apply to the products

as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the

instructions of the manufacturers.”.

The following shall be added as the Ninth Schedule Adds

Schedule to the

immediately after the Eighth Schedule to the principal regulations>– principal

regulations.

“NINTH SCHEDULE

Pesticides which shall not be used in agricultural production

intended for the production of infant formulae and follow-on

formulae

Table 1

Chemical name of the substance (residue definition)

Disulfoton (sum of disulfoton, disulfoton sulfoxide and disulfoton

sulfone expressed as disulfoton)

Fensulfothion (sum of fensulfothion, its oxygen analogue and their

sulfones, expressed as fensulfothion)

Fentin, expressed as triphenyltin cation

Haloxyfop (sum of haloxyfop, its salts and esters including

conjugates, expressed as haloxyfop)

Heptachlor and trans-heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor

Hexachlorobenzene

Nitrofen

Omethoate

Terbufos (sum of terbufos, its sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as

terbufos)

Table 2

Chemical name of the substance

Aldrin and dieldrin, expressed as dieldrin

Endrin”.

Adds Tenth

The following shall be added as the Tenth Schedule

Schedule to the

immediately after the Ninth Schedule to the principal regulations>–

principal

regulations.

“TENTH SCHEDULE

Specific maximum residue levels of pesticides or metabolites of

pesticides in infant formulae and follow-on formulae

Chemical name of the substance

Maximum residue level

(mg#kg)

Cadusafos

0.006

Demeton-S-methyl#demeton-S-methyl

0.006

sulfone#oxydemeton-methyl (individually

or combined, expressed as

demeton-S-methyl)

Ethoprophos

0.008

Fipronil (sum of fipronil and

0.004

fipronyl-desulfinyl, expressed as

fipronil)

Propineb#propylenethiourea

0.006”.

(sum of propineb and propylenethiourea)

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